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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - WWI

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Czar Nicholas II abdicated the throne on March 17, 1917, after which of the following?
  1. He was put on trial for crimes against Russia.
  2. He fled the country after the palace was stormed.
  3. The Provisional Government demanded it.
  4. A popular election voted to remove him from office.
  5. Germany, his wife's native land, offered him safe passage.
Explanation
Answer: C - The Provisional Government voted to remove the Czar Nicholas II from office. When Nicholas tried to return to his palace from the Eastern Front of World War I, it quickly became apparent that the military had thrown its lot in with the revolutionaries. This made abdication his only option, and when his brother declined the throne, Russia became a republic.
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